2008-05-12 Reading v Sheffield
2008-05-15 Sheffield v Glasgow
2008-05-18 Newport v Sheffield
Sheffield v Hull()
| D.O.B | 07/06/1982 |
| Born | York |
| Age | 24 |
| Height | 5' 9" |
| Weight | 11 Stone |
| Eyes | Green |
| Hair | Brown |
| Family | Mum Janet, Dad Clive, Sister Jenny |
| Full Time Occupation | Joiner |
| Hobbies & Interests | Grasstrack Racing, Motocross, Football, Mountain Biking, Going out with my mates. |
| How do you relax after a meeting? | Go out with my mates and have a beer and a talk. |
| How did you get started with racing? | Dad was a grasstrack rider and so I have always been into racing bikes. Dad built me a bike out of an old Honda C50 when I was 3years old. I would ride it round after the grass meetings he did. Then as I got older I progressed onto bigger bikes and at the age of 11 I started to race grasstrack myself. After nine years on the grass I decided to buy a bike for speedway. The intention was to just do a few second half's and maybe some Conference meetings. After a year of that I decided to take up Sheffield's offer to join them in the Premier League for my first full season of pro speedway racing. |
| Speedway History | Sheffield Prowlers 2004. Sheffield Tigers 2005 to present |
| Who are your mechanics? | My Dad, 2tall Jon Hartley & Gary Flint. |
| Transport | V.W. LT35. |
| Favourite Tracks | Berwick and Sheffield & Marmand in France. |
| Least Favourite Tracks | Stoke. |
| Most Memorable Meeting? | 250cc British grasstrack Champion 2001. 350cc British grasstrack Champion 2003. Marmand longtrack in France, gets better every time I go. Getting into the World Longtrack at Tonbridge as a wild card. |
| Championships Won | 250cc British Champion 2001 350cc British Champion 2003 4th in the 2004 British Masters British Sand Racing Champion 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 |
Worst injury since you starting racing? |
Broken Collar Bone. |
| What Are Your Ambitions? | To enjoy racing and see how far I can go in both Speedway and Grasstrack. |
| What did you think of the Elite League? | Helped by SKY TV coverage |
| What did you think of the Premier League? | Hard, Close Racing |
| What do you think of the Conference League? | Good for developing you racing and helps get kids started. |
| Tell us a bit more about yourself | I live in York with my parents. I have a full time job as a joiner for a firm called Peter Thompson of York. The rest you can probably guess.
Been racing grass for 11 years now. In that time I have won a lot of meetings and enjoyed myself. I have made it clear that I want to keep racing on the grass, but speedway has to be my first choice because I ride for a team and I do not want to let the team, the management and the fans down. |
| Dream Team (including yourself) | Paul Cooper Gary Flint Glen Phillips Josh Auty Scott Courtney Ben Wilson Mike Francis (Never ridden speedway but a good motocross rider)
We would be so bad, but they are all my mates so we would have a good time together and get drunk after in the bar. |
